Description: He stands about 5'9" and wears dark leathers with embroidery. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A freak accident while working with his Sculptor mother left him crippled. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Varis was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 700 gp. Onyx (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 4'11", this man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp).

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a green and white handkerchief worn on his right side. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nadarr fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 900 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp).

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. She carries with her a set of kukris, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her eyes are white.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Blue quartz (14 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Knight. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Knight for hire.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears suspenders and red workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her morningstar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Portia was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sculptor who has hired her part-time. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Akta hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Sard (20 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Malachite (10 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair is cut close to her head. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Mella was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 70 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.